Mechanical toy



,May 18 1926. 1,584,982 c. A. DIEDERICHS MECHANICAL TOY Filed OG'.` 28,1925 l .P l'

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Patented May 18, 19,26.

UNITED STATES CARL A. DIEDERICHS, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.-

MECHANICAL TOY.

Application led October 28, 1925. Serial No. 65,326.

This invention relates to a mechanical toy and important objects thereofare t0 p rovide a mechanical toy. which is characteristic of a horserunning race and which embodies interchangeable figurative horsesmounted for operative movement iii'iitable 'of running horses.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a toy of the typestated, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, which is simple in itsconstruction and arrangement,-. strong, durable and efficient in itsuse, entertaining, compact, attractive in appearance and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture. U

With the foregoing and other ob]e cts in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention, resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within theScope of what is claimed Without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

ln the drawing forming a portion of this specification and wherein likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views Figure 1 is a top plan view o f amechanical toy inaccordance with this invention, with a portion of the cover plat/ebroken awa Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device with a side wallremoved therefrom and partly in section.

Referrin in detail to the drawing 1 denotes a bo y ortion consisting ofa bottom 2, the end wa s 3 and the side walls 4 connected together toprovide a rectangular casing. The body portion 1 is provided with acover plate 5 which is secured t o the former by means of the screws 6,or in any other suitable manner.

The top face of the cover plate 5 constitutes a straightaway race track,and the simulation of the latter is augmented by the provision of anornamental, vertically disposed fence structure 7, which extends alongthe marginal edges of the top face of the cover plate 5.

The cover plate 5 is formed with a plurality of elongated slots 8 whichextend longitudinally relatively to the cover plate 5. The slots 8 arearranged into three rows each of which consists of a series of threeslots 8. flhe slots 8 of each of the rows are transversely aligned andextend parallel relatively to each other, and the slots 8 of one row arelongitudinally aligned with-respect to the corresponding slots of theother rows.

A rectangular-ly shaped, transversely disposed cai'rier 9 is associatedWith each row of slots 8. Each of the carriers 9 is provided at its rearend With a pair of projections 9 which are pivotally mounted inverltically disposed grooves 10, formed in the side Walls 4 of thecasing 1. Three transversely aligned supports 11 are fixed to the top ofeach of the carriers 9, adjacent to the forward ends of the latter. 'lheupper end of each of the supports 11 extends into a respective slot 8and is provided with a longitudinally extending groove l2 formed onitstop face, a iigure 13, representative of a running horse with jockey,is detachably secured .to the top of each of the supports 11 by havingits lower end forced into the groove 12.

Each of the carriers 9 is associated with an actuating bar 14extendingtransversely in the body portion 1 and disposed beneath and inengagement with the forward' poi'- tion of respective carriers 9. Eachof the actuating bars 14 is provided with a pair of trunnions 15 whichare journaled for rotation in respective side walls 4, of the bodyportion 1.

A double groove pulley 16 is iixed on one trunnion 15, of theintermediate disposed actuating bar. rllhis triinnion is also providedwith a squared extension 17, which extends through the associatedsidewall and is adapted for the reception of a crank (not shown) or othermechanical medium for operating the device. A single groove pulley 18 isfixed to a trunnion 15 of the rearwardly and forwardly disposed`actuating' bars 14.

Belts 19 connect the double groove pulley 16 with the intermediateactuating bar, with the pulleys 18 of respective rearwardly andforwardly disposed actuating bars. The operation of the double groovepulley 16 will simultaneously impart a rotary movement to the otherpulleys 18' and to the actuating bars associated with the latter.

Each of the actuating bars 14 is substantially rectangularly shaped intransverse cross section and is considerably greater in width thanthickness. Owing to this variation in width of the bars 14 with respectto their thickness, the rota-tion of the bars 14 will alternatelyelevate'and lower the pivotall connected carriers 9, thereby impartinga. bobbing movement, typical to running horses, to the figures 13.

It will be noted that the gures 13 may be readily detached from theirsupports 11, whereby the device may be reduced to a niore compact formto facilitate transportation and storage.

What I claim is:

In combination, a toy comprising a rectangular casing, a`cover platerepresenting a race track secured to the top o f said'casin said coverplate formed with a` plura ity of elongated slots, carriers having theirrear ends pivotally connected inv said casing, supports fixedly mountedon said carriers and having their upper ends extending into said slots,the top of each of said supports formed with a groove, a. iigurativeobject carried by each of said supports and detachably connected in saidgrooves, actuating bars rotatably mounted 1n said casing and en agingthe forward end of said carriers, sai actuating bars beingrectangular-ly shaped in transverse cross section and of a greater widththan thickness for alternately elevating and lowering the said carriersduring the rotation thereof, and means associated with said actuatingbars to cause the simultaneous operation thereof, substantiallyasdescribed and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

CARL A. DIEDERICHS.

